EVENT 4: THE PENALTY
{{ It was enraging, but also a little exciting. The Tower, after all, must have seemed like a glittering diamond to Panopticon's newest test subjects. A diamond just out of reach and filled with promise.
And these 21st century animals were far more entitled than their predecessors.
"They broke in," Mr Hook relayed with a lazy satisfaction, slight annoyance as he flicked through the footage. "They found the records room, in fact."
"I told you paper contracts was a stupid idea, Hook. But. I can do you one better," Dr Pan was pacing in the lavish meeting room. She paused to sarcastically make a marquee with her hands. "Survivors! From the first test group! Two of them found their way back into the village, like little rants in a maze. One is that celebrity. The other...is familiar...but...." Pan snorted. "Anyway. Only took them twenty years."
Hook sat up, hand clenching into a fist on the table. "Survivors? Daring to return!? But our shareholders won't like it....we were so sure the hornets got them all. The gravepit....our shareholders adored that." Hook huffed, really pissed now. Silence, until a small, thin-lipped smile crawled over his face. "Dr Pan, since your failed batch will now be mingling with my new kids, how about we impose a penalty?"
Dr Pan thinned her eyes, ignoring the snipe at her work. "What are you proposing, Mr Hook." }}
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On the island, the loudspeakers crackled to life after a year of disuse. Again, a similar tinny melody crooned over the beaches and bungalows and inside the medicentre. And then a robotic voice - meant to sound calming - spoke.
"Good afternoon, volunteers. You have uncovered the truth, as we'd hoped, and sooner than scheduled. Congratulations! However, two volunteers from a previous failed experiment have returned and your benevolent hosts have issued a warning against them. We do not approve of the co-mingling. Your food supply will be cut off starting a week from now. This prohibition will be in effect until the predecessors are...removed. HAVE A GREAT DAY IN PARADISE. D̵̛͕͚̘̹̓̓̿̐Ơ̵̢̦̄͒ ̸̼̊Ņ̶̖̰͙̈́̈̂͆̌O̶̪̤̻̦̍T̸͔͕̟͉̬͗̓͑͝ ̵̢̟̤̗̎̌̊̚͠B̷̢̺͇̾͑̈́E̶̜̞̤̹͍̕ ̴͉̗̞̍̽̕A̷̻̣͓̰̥͊̀F̵͔̺̩͋̀̅̾͝R̶͓̍̕͠A̷̹̭̹̰͠Ḯ̷̡̧̯͔̣́D̶͚̞̎!! (do not be afraid!)"
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